MSNBC: “The “AIM” in Aimster violates America Online’s trademark and the company must relinquish several Internet domain names with that name in it to AOL, the National Arbitration Forum has decided.” Among the names Aimster will have to give up: aimster.com, a1mster.com, aimsertv.com, and aimstertv.net.

IBM developerWorks: “Judy DeMocker explains why it seems that Linux may win over the embedded market. She takes a look at the
conveniences of the open source license and what it means for embedded Linux, at maintaining embedded systems (and
their device drivers) with Linux, and being able to offer single-platform support.”

IBM developerWorks: “The K Desktop Environment, abbreviated KDE, is one of several alternatives for the modern Linux desktop. With the
exception of some specialized applications, it contains everything you need to work on a daily basis in Linux. In this
article I’ll show you I got up and running with KDE and some of the powerful features I found, including support for
multimedia and games. I’ll be focusing on the latest stable version of KDE, version 2.1.”

LinuxPR: “RidgeRun, Inc., today announced the availability of their DSPLinux Software
Development Kit (SDK) release 1.0 for embedded Linux developers. This release,
incorporating the Linux® 2.4 kernel, is optimized for embedded devices and
building the applications which run on those devices. RidgeRun’s SDK includes
the standard GNU development tools and the powerful Appliance Simulator, which
allows the complete simulation of an appliance on a desktop PC running Linux.
This can be used by a wide variety of Linux developers for early application
development, independent of specific hardware target platforms.”

LinuxPR: “TUXIA, a manufacturer of embedded Linux
software for Internet appliances and thin clients, today announced the release of
Nanozilla, the first commercial release of a Mozilla-based browser specifically
optimized for Internet appliances. The integration of Nanozilla in the TASTE
(TUXIA Appliance Synthesis Technology) software suite enables TUXIA to provide
true desktop browser compatibility in the smallest possible footprint to original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs), independent software vendors (ISVs), systems
integrators (SIs) and value-added resellers (VARs).”

Linux PR: “Today, Bynari Inc. anounced its initiative to assist
in extending functionality in the KDE and Gnome teams’ groupware products for
messaging and collaboration. Bynari’s functionality for interoperability between
Linux and UNIX desktops and Outlook provides plug compatible support.”

On KDE News, the first edition of Dre’s weekly roundup of new and updated KDE applications is now available. In this issue: MDI editor Kate, theKompany.com’s Kivio flowchart, LISA, the LAN Information Server, and some troubling news regarding the KDE Installer Project.

LinuxGram: “Opera Software has won a major vote of confidence what with IBM selecting the Opera 5.0 browser for its QNX-based
NetVista Internet appliance.

The deal is Opera’s first contract for the newly developed QNX browser.”

LinuxGram: “Opera Software has won a major vote of confidence what with IBM selecting the Opera 5.0 browser for its QNX-based
NetVista Internet appliance.

The deal is Opera’s first contract for the newly developed QNX browser.”

Debian Planet: “RLX Technologies has developed a server product, based on the Transmeta Crusoe
chip, that packs 24 server “blades” into a 3U rackmount box. Windows and Linux are
supported. When you order a Linux server blade, they put Debian 2.2 on it!”